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flag Fed Chair Powell identifies commercial real estate challenges as a "manageable problem" involving office space overexpansion and unprofitable retail, with banks facing potential losses.

flag Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on March 6 that commercial real estate challenges are a "manageable problem" that could take "several years" to resolve. flag He explained that overexpression of office space and unprofitable retail downtown are at the heart of the issue. flag Although Powell did not predict a broader financial crisis, he noted that banks would face losses and stressed the importance of ensuring smaller and medium-sized banks have sufficient funds to cover those losses.

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